--- title: "10 Song Quotes By Gza" description: "10 Song quotes by Gza. Plus more from Gza and more Song sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png" --- > [Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speakers/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png) > [Music is forever changing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/music-is-forever-changing/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/gza-3767_change_music-is-forever-changing-666683_666683.png) > [Too many songs, weak rhymes that's mad long. Make it brief son: half short, twice strong!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/too-many-songs-weak-rhymes-that-s-mad-long-make-it-brief-son-half/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/gza-3767_half_too-many-songs-weak-rhymes-that-s-mad-lo_1891196.png) > [I usually do about five drafts per rhyme for each song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-usually-do-about-five-drafts-per-rhyme-for-each-song/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/gza-3767_about_i-usually-do-about-five-drafts-per-rhyme_1197602.png) > [I am honored that 'Liquid Swords,' the song and album, have been so widely embraced for so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-am-honored-that-liquid-swords-the-song-and-album-have-been-so/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/gza-3767_am_i-am-honored-that-liquid-swords-the-song_2476670.png) > [I probably take about a month to write a song, depending on how much time I can dedicate to it, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-probably-take-about-a-month-to-write-a-song-depending-on-how-much/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/gza-3767_day_i-probably-take-about-a-month-to-write-a_2022347.png) > [I think, as an artist, the overall goal is to teach and educate no matter what the song is about. Somewhere where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-as-an-artist-the-overall-goal-is-to-teach-and-educate-no/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/gza-3767_art_i-think-as-an-artist-the-overall-goal-is_2735043.jpg) > [If you take a song like 'We Will, We Will Rock You,' 'You got blood on your face... ' - he's rhyming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/if-you-take-a-song-like-we-will-we-will-rock-you-you-got-blood-on/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/gza-3767_blood_if-you-take-a-song-like-we-will-we-will_1128456.png) > [There's no set way to do anything. Sometimes you have to go outside the box; sometimes you can do things the standard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/there-s-no-set-way-to-do-anything-sometimes-you-have-to-go-outside/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/gza-3767_go_there-s-no-set-way-to-do-anything-someti_2913095.jpg) > [A song is composed of music and lyrics: 50 percent is the producer, 50 percent is the artist. So, I'm responsible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/a-song-is-composed-of-music-and-lyrics-50-percent-is-the-producer-50/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/gza-3767_art_a-song-is-composed-of-music-and-lyrics-5_1392061.png) ## Other authors on Song - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 141 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-dylan-18556.jpg) Bob Dylan 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/bob-dylan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-page-49993.jpg) Jimmy Page 81 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jimmy-page/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-rollins-41662.jpg) Henry Rollins 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/henry-rollins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/dave-grohl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-mccartney-74044.jpg) Paul McCartney 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/paul-mccartney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wynton-marsalis-96408.jpg) Wynton Marsalis 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/wynton-marsalis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-young-70733.jpg) Neil Young 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/neil-young/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-petrucci-52095.jpg) John Petrucci 63 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-petrucci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jason-mraz-47548.jpg) Jason Mraz 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jason-mraz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-morrison-93136.jpg) Van Morrison 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/van-morrison/) ## More by Gza > [I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-eat-meat-chicken-fish-none-of-that-i-eat-a-lot-of-vegetable/) Gza > [I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were just DJs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-had-a-few-djs-in-my-neighbourhood-that-would-play-music-in-the/) Gza > [I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-for-myself-as-an-artist-the-progression-is-a-lyrical/) Gza > [Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-great-lyrical-skills-and-that/) Gza > [As far as being a vegetarian, it's a moral thing, a health thing, a conscious thing - a combination of all. I think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/as-far-as-being-a-vegetarian-it-s-a-moral-thing-a-health-thing-a/) Gza > [When the Black Lips sent a track over to me, I thought it sounded like a Beastie Boys track, the way the singer was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/when-the-black-lips-sent-a-track-over-to-me-i-thought-it-sounded-like/) Gza > [I'm just really, really laid-back-slash-lazy. Last minute with everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-m-just-really-really-laid-back-slash-lazy-last-minute-with/) Gza > [I think every being in the universe is connected somehow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-every-being-in-the-universe-is-connected-somehow/) Gza > [I get inspired by many different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-get-inspired-by-many-different-things/) Gza > [I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear about rims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-knock-material-rappers-but-let-me-hear-it-in-a-different-way/) Gza > [I throw raps that attacks like the Japs at Pearl Harbor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-throw-raps-that-attacks-like-the-japs-at-pearl-harbor/) GZA > [Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/moog-has-been-incorporated-in-a-lot-of-our-music-i-know-rza-has/) Gza > [I just have certain interests in different things, and they inspire me to write. I would encourage aspiring artists or MCs or rappers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-just-have-certain-interests-in-different-things-and-they-inspire-me/) Gza > [It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/it-s-always-been-about-shelf-life-long-term-parking-not-short-term/) Gza > [Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/before-hip-hop-existed-we-were-listening-to-soul-songs-from-the-70s-i/) Gza ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/gza/#itemlist", "name": "10 Song Quotes By Gza", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speakers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/gza-3767_clock_lyrics-are-weak-like-clock-radio-speaker_617828.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers.” — GZA", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Music is forever changing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/music-is-forever-changing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/gza-3767_change_music-is-forever-changing-666683_666683.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/gza-3767_change_music-is-forever-changing-666683_666683.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/gza-3767_change_music-is-forever-changing-666683_666683.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Music is forever changing.” — Gza", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Too many songs, weak rhymes that's mad long. 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